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The inevitable end will come to us all, we will all fall victim to the looming claws of the grim reaper. But what will we leave behind us… how will we be remembered? Our last words are a keepsake, a memory of us and the lives we lived. Here are some of my favorite last words:
Dying is a very dull dreary affair. My advice to you is to have nothing to do with it. — W. Somerset Maugham
Go away

Phillip Toledano was terrified of growing old. So he decided to do it as many times as possible.
This article was posted last year in the New York Times By JOSHUA SEFTEL on September 20, 2016 and has stayed with me. It is a very curious and poignant way to become connected to those who suffer and are dying.
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Over a period of three years, this photographer and artist became homeless, obese,

As health care providers we focus primarily on the terminally ill patients and their comfort. But as a trained Palliative nurse I look beyond the terminally ill patient and assess the needs of the caregivers as well.
In a recent article written by Jane Gross for the New York Times titled, “Seeing the Invisible Patient,” she comments on the plight and the overwhelming burden caregivers endure.
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